Greenhouse gases per capita — all countries

Greenhouse gases per capita — Austria

Greenhouse gases per capita in Austria in 2024 — 7.48 t/person. Ranked 138 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 241.5%.

2024 7.48 t/person −1.25% vs 2023
World rank 138of 199
Period maximum 11.38 t/person2003
Period minimum 1.43 t/person1919

Trend over time

1850–2024 · tonnes CO₂e per capita

Greenhouse gases per capita — Austria, 1850–2024051015185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 2.19 t/person1853: 2.31 t/person1856: 2.46 t/person1859: 2.83 t/person1862: 3 t/person1865: 2.78 t/person1868: 2.93 t/person1871: 3.84 t/person1874: 3.57 t/person1877: 3.16 t/person1880: 6.45 t/person1883: 3.95 t/person1886: 3.81 t/person1889: 4.02 t/person1892: 4.32 t/person1895: 5.32 t/person1898: 5.94 t/person1901: 6.5 t/person1904: 6.15 t/person1907: 8.44 t/person1910: 10.52 t/person1913: 10.63 t/person1916: 2.51 t/person1919: 1.43 t/person1922: 3.8 t/person1925: 3.82 t/person1928: 4.1 t/person1931: 3.6 t/person1934: 2.85 t/person1937: 3.1 t/person1940: 2.01 t/person1943: 2.43 t/person1946: 3.08 t/person1949: 5.28 t/person1952: 4.71 t/person1955: 5.87 t/person1958: 5.87 t/person1961: 6.57 t/person1964: 7.54 t/person1967: 7.76 t/person1970: 9.23 t/person1973: 10.33 t/person1976: 10.14 t/person1979: 10.67 t/person1982: 9.37 t/person1985: 9.56 t/person1988: 9.36 t/person1991: 10.77 t/person1994: 9.6 t/person1997: 10.32 t/person2000: 9.93 t/person2003: 11.38 t/person2006: 10.91 t/person2009: 9.68 t/person2012: 9.53 t/person2015: 9.1 t/person2018: 8.94 t/person2021: 8.77 t/person2024: 7.48 t/person
Change over the period: +5.29 (+241.53%) Average annual rate: 0.71 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Austria

Austria 7.48 t/person
World computed 6.66 t/person
Europe & Central Asia computed 8.76 t/person
Western Europe computed 6.83 t/person
High-income countries computed 12.59 t/person
Greenhouse gases per capita — Austria, by year Austria All countries CSV XLSX
Year t/person Change Change, %
2024 7.48 −0.1 −1.25%
2023 7.58 −0.59 −7.18%
2022 8.16 −0.61 −6.9%
2021 8.77 +0.43 +5.13%
2020 8.34 −0.72 −7.9%
2019 9.06 +0.12 +1.31%
2018 8.94 −0.38 −4.09%
2017 9.32 +0.25 +2.71%
2016 9.07 −0.02 −0.26%
2015 9.1 +0.09 +1%
2014 9.01 −0.58 −6%
2013 9.58 +0.06 +0.61%
2012 9.53 −0.4 −4.02%
2011 9.92 −0.31 −3.03%
2010 10.23 +0.56 +5.73%
2009 9.68 −0.9 −8.55%
2008 10.58 −0.02 −0.21%
2007 10.61 −0.3 −2.74%
2006 10.91 −0.29 −2.59%
2005 11.2 +0.06 +0.51%
2004 11.14 −0.24 −2.15%
2003 11.38 +0.83 +7.9%
2002 10.55 +0.16 +1.57%
2001 10.39 +0.45 +4.57%
2000 9.93 −0.14 −1.38%
1999 10.07 −0.28 −2.71%
1998 10.35 +0.03 +0.32%
1997 10.32 −0.02 −0.22%
1996 10.34 +0.45 +4.54%
1995 9.89 +0.3 +3.11%
1994 9.6 −0.07 −0.73%
1993 9.67 −0.07 −0.76%
1992 9.74 −1.03 −9.56%
1991 10.77 +0.31 +2.97%
1990 10.46 +1.16 +12.44%
1989 9.3 −0.06 −0.6%
1988 9.36 −0.62 −6.18%
1987 9.98 +0.56 +5.9%
1986 9.42 −0.14 −1.5%
1985 9.56 −0.02 −0.24%
1984 9.59 +0.43 +4.65%
1983 9.16 −0.21 −2.28%
1982 9.37 −0.54 −5.49%
1981 9.92 +0.35 +3.65%
1980 9.57 −1.11 −10.36%
1979 10.67 +0.64 +6.34%
1978 10.04 +0.14 +1.43%
1977 9.9 −0.24 −2.36%
1976 10.14 +0.62 +6.53%
1975 9.51 −0.42 −4.25%
1974 9.94 −0.4 −3.84%
1973 10.33 +0.5 +5.11%
1972 9.83 +0.36 +3.84%
1971 9.47 +0.24 +2.57%
1970 9.23 +0.71 +8.3%
1969 8.52 +0.36 +4.45%
1968 8.16 +0.4 +5.13%
1967 7.76 +0.18 +2.32%
1966 7.59 +0.17 +2.22%
1965 7.42 −0.11 −1.51%
1964 7.54 +0.2 +2.73%
1963 7.34 +0.43 +6.18%
1962 6.91 +0.34 +5.19%
1961 6.57 +0.14 +2.15%
1960 6.43 +0.46 +7.71%
1959 5.97 +0.1 +1.65%
1958 5.87 −0.11 −1.79%
1957 5.98 +0.16 +2.73%
1956 5.82 −0.05 −0.92%
1955 5.87 +0.71 +13.73%
1954 5.17 +0.49 +10.46%
1953 4.68 −0.04 −0.76%
1952 4.71 −0.1 −2.1%
1951 4.81 +0.36 +8.18%
1950 4.45 −0.84 −15.8%
1949 5.28 +0.36 +7.4%
1948 4.92 +1.04 +26.9%
1947 3.88 +0.8 +25.92%
1946 3.08 +1.28 +71.44%
1945 1.8 −0.68 −27.35%
1944 2.47 +0.04 +1.81%
1943 2.43 +0.18 +7.77%
1942 2.25 +0.13 +6.17%
1941 2.12 +0.11 +5.62%
1940 2.01 +0.22 +12.36%
1939 1.79 +0.09 +5.42%
1938 1.7 −1.41 −45.31%
1937 3.1 +0.24 +8.43%
1936 2.86 −0.05 −1.62%
1935 2.91 +0.05 +1.89%
1934 2.85 −0.15 −4.9%
1933 3 −0.13 −4.09%
1932 3.13 −0.47 −13.01%
1931 3.6 −0.11 −3.02%
1930 3.71 −0.86 −18.86%
1929 4.57 +0.47 +11.55%
1928 4.1 +0.14 +3.62%
1927 3.95 +0.25 +6.61%
1926 3.71 −0.11 −2.8%
1925 3.82 −0.18 −4.6%
1924 4 +0.35 +9.71%
1923 3.65 −0.16 −4.08%
1922 3.8 −0.12 −2.99%
1921 3.92 +0.74 +23.44%
1920 3.17 +1.74 +121.34%
1919 1.43 −0.09 −6.09%
1918 1.53 −0.09 −5.51%
1917 1.62 −0.9 −35.67%
1916 2.51 −4.1 −62%
1915 6.61 −2.25 −25.39%
1914 8.86 −1.77 −16.62%
1913 10.63 +1.37 +14.85%
1912 9.25 +0.31 +3.51%
1911 8.94 −1.58 −15.05%
1910 10.52 +2.05 +24.2%
1909 8.47 −2.59 −23.42%
1908 11.06 +2.62 +31.03%
1907 8.44 +1.28 +17.79%
1906 7.17 +0.84 +13.26%
1905 6.33 +0.18 +2.89%
1904 6.15 +0.2 +3.34%
1903 5.95 −0.07 −1.11%
1902 6.02 −0.48 −7.36%
1901 6.5 +0.07 +1.04%
1900 6.43 +0.48 +7.98%
1899 5.95 +0.01 +0.2%
1898 5.94 +0.2 +3.56%
1897 5.74 +0.27 +4.9%
1896 5.47 +0.15 +2.82%
1895 5.32 +0.36 +7.28%
1894 4.96 +0.07 +1.33%
1893 4.89 +0.57 +13.21%
1892 4.32 −0.09 −2.11%
1891 4.42 +0.35 +8.58%
1890 4.07 +0.05 +1.17%
1889 4.02 +0.16 +4.04%
1888 3.86 −0.09 −2.33%
1887 3.96 +0.14 +3.75%
1886 3.81 −0.14 −3.57%
1885 3.95 +0.09 +2.46%
1884 3.86 −0.09 −2.23%
1883 3.95 +0.21 +5.71%
1882 3.73 +0.04 +1.14%
1881 3.69 −2.76 −42.74%
1880 6.45 +3 +86.84%
1879 3.45 +0.31 +9.73%
1878 3.14 −0.02 −0.6%
1877 3.16 −0.18 −5.24%
1876 3.34 +0.04 +1.24%
1875 3.3 −0.28 −7.72%
1874 3.57 −0.36 −9.11%
1873 3.93 +0.14 +3.56%
1872 3.8 −0.04 −1.09%
1871 3.84 +0.62 +19.23%
1870 3.22 +0.19 +6.34%
1869 3.03 +0.1 +3.38%
1868 2.93 +0.24 +9.01%
1867 2.69 +0.32 +13.67%
1866 2.36 −0.41 −14.91%
1865 2.78 +0.08 +2.85%
1864 2.7 −0.19 −6.51%
1863 2.89 −0.11 −3.73%
1862 3 +0.01 +0.2%
1861 2.99 +0.03 +1.05%
1860 2.96 +0.13 +4.63%
1859 2.83 −0.37 −11.47%
1858 3.2 +0.57 +21.82%
1857 2.63 +0.16 +6.66%
1856 2.46 +0.09 +3.79%
1855 2.37 +0.12 +5.28%
1854 2.25 −0.06 −2.55%
1853 2.31 +0.08 +3.45%
1852 2.24 +0.09 +3.95%
1851 2.15 −0.04 −1.87%
1850 2.19

Western Europe, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

Emissions of all greenhouse gases per person, converted into CO2 equivalent. It differs from CO2 emissions per capita in that it counts methane and nitrous oxide, and that changes the picture: countries with large livestock herds and little industry rise considerably higher in this ranking than they do on carbon dioxide alone. The per capita indicator is the one usually used when the fairness of sharing the reduction effort is discussed.

Important: The aggregate for a group is all of its emissions divided by all of its population. All greenhouse gases are counted in CO2 equivalent using 100-year warming potentials.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.